From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:39:03 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] "Navy Avoids Full Cleanup Responsibility" at Alameda Point (CA) |
Navy Avoids Full Cleanup Responsibility by Susan Galleymore Alameda Sun (CA) April 26, 2013More than two dozen residents attended the Navy's public comment meeting held in the Main Library on April 9. The meeting addressed the Navy's reversal of an earlier decision to remove contamination from the "burn area" of the former waste dump on the northwestern tip of Alameda Point The Navy's new plan, Alternative BA-1, leaves contaminants in place topped with a soil cover and installs a waste-isolation bulkhead to reduce the fl ow of contaminants into the bay. Residents' comments indicate uniform disapproval of the change. One speaker said that predecessors may not have understood potential damage when they improperly disposed hazardous wastes but our generation has the awareness and the technology to make better choices. ... For the entire column, seehttp://alamedasun.com/editorial/11781-navy-avoids-full-cleanup- responsibility -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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